Cougar : ecology and conservation /
Hornocker, Maurice G.
Negri, Sharon.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press,
2009, c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Bitterroot tom / Maurice Hornocker -- To save a mountain lion : evolving philosophy of nature and cougars / R. Bruce Gill -- The emerging cougar chronicle / Harley Shaw -- Lessons and insights from evolution, taxonomy, and conservation genetics / Melanie Culver -- Cougar management in North America. United States / Charles R. Anderson Jr. and Frederick Lindzey. Canada / Kyle H. Knopff, Martin G. Jalkotzy, and Mark S. Boyce -- Tracking for a living / Kerry Murphy -- Cougar population dynamics / Howard Quigley and Maurice Hornocker -- What we know about pumas in Latin America / John W. Laundré and Lucina Hernández -- The world's southernmost pumas in Patagonia and the southern Andes / Susan Walker and Andrés Novaro -- Notes from the field / Linda L. Sweanor -- Behavior and social organization of a solitary carnivore / Kenneth A. Logan and Linda L. Sweanor -- Diet and prey selection of a perfect predator / Kerry Murphy and Toni K. Ruth -- Cougar-prey relationships / Toni K. Ruth and Kerry Murphy -- Competition with other carnivores for prey / Toni K. Ruth and Kerry Murphy -- Death of a towncat / Harley Shaw -- A focal species for conservation planning / Paul Beier -- Cougar-human interactions / Linda L. Sweanor and Kenneth A. Logan -- People, politics, and cougar management / David J. Mattson and Susan G. Clark -- Cougar conservation : the growing role of citizens and government / Sharon Negri and Howard Quigley -- Pressing business / Maurice Hornocker.
Puma
Wildlife conservation.
Wildlife management.